The bargaining link posted on WeChat Moments,
Don’t click on it again!
may be a new type of scam!
Beijing citizen Mr. Guo helped his friend click on the "bargaining" link in his circle of friends, but he was stolen 600 yuan of funds in the card.
From snacks worth a few yuan to mobile phones worth a few thousand yuan and cameras worth a thousand yuan, they all claim to be . "Just invite friends to help 'bargain' to 0 yuan on the link page, you can get the product for free" . However, many netizens reported that they could not successfully purchase after bargaining.
In response to this, the police reminded that many cases show that this is a new type of fraud.
Moments help bargain, and
Many netizens were cheated!
encounter one: helping bargain but being cheated for deposits
Beijing citizen Mr. Guo told reporters that a few days ago, he saw a link to help "bargain" shopping in his circle of friends, which said, "Look for friends to bargain, you can buy Apple X mobile phone at a minimum of 0 yuan."
Mr. Guo immediately clicked in, clicked the "bargain" button for his friend, and left his name and phone number, and the page immediately showed " You have cut 68 yuan for your friend! The activity time is limited. Just fill in the information to participate in the event, and find friends to participate in bargaining to buy a mobile phone at zero yuan. " Mr. Guo forwarded the link to his circle of friends without thinking and sent a message to his friend to ask for help "bargaining".
While he was busy, Mr. Guo received a message showing that his bank card had been deducted by 600 yuan. "I don't know how the password was leaked, and the balance was transferred at one time. Fortunately, the WeChat account was not bound to my savings card, otherwise the loss would be greater. I suspect that the personal information filled in was leaked."
encounter 2: Friends around me collected fraudulent text messages
Mr. Li is also a victim of bargaining in the circle of friends. He saw a link to help bargaining from a friend. In order to help his friend, he clicked in without thinking too much and entered his mobile phone number. The page also showed "You have cut XX yuan for your friend" . After
, many of Mr. Li’s friends received a fraudulent text message with Mr. Li’s name. Mr. Li suspected that the information about himself and his friends was leaked from this "bargaining" activity.
encounter three: successfully bargaining but failed to buy the product
Ms. Wang has participated in the "bargaining" activity in the circle of friends, but she did not get any benefits because of "bargaining".
In order to let more people help bargain, Ms. Wang not only forwarded the link to her circle of friends, but also asked her relatives and friends to forward it to more than 30 WeChat circles to find friends for help. After more than a week of "working", she finally cut the price from around 4,000 yuan to "0" yuan. However, when she clicked the purchase button in , she found that the goods were sold out and could not be purchased. "I struggled so hard, but I didn't expect that in the end it would be such a result."
Police reminded:
WeChat "help bargaining" activity has evolved from merchant marketing to a new type of fraud
For everyone's experiences, the police said that WeChat "help bargaining" activity was originally only used for marketing. Many merchants attract everyone to forward it in their circle of friends through this activity, thus attracting a large number of fans, gaining a lot of attention in a short period of time, and achieving good marketing results.
However, after that, this kind of low-cost, simple operation and easy to be deceived was targeted by criminals. They collect personal information or cheat through "bargaining" in the circle of friends, which has evolved into a new type of scam, and users who have participated will receive a large number of advertising and fraudulent text messages.
police remind that
everyone should be highly vigilant about the bargaining and winning the big prize in the
posted on the circle of friends, similar marketing!
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Do not fill in your personal information easily, especially sensitive information, be sure to fill in it with caution.
For those who require transfers and remittances, you must verify the other party’s specific identity before remitting the money.
must save the chat history after encountering fraud and call 110 to report the police in time.Don’t save it privately after reading
. Please transfer it to your family and friends
or post it to your friends for warning!
reminds more people around you that
will not fall pie in the day!
Source | People's Daily
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